Stay-pocket.



P. S. MOOMBER.

STAY POCKET. I APPLIOATION FILED umzs, 1914.

, H I'Hb. NORRIS PETERS C0,. PHDTO-L ITHO. WASHINGTON. D. C.

tmrrm) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAULINE SHULTZ MGOMBER, 01? HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

STAY-POCKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAULINE SHULTZ Mo- UMBER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Hastings, Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovement-s in Stay-Pockets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in brassieres and similargarments provided with stays.

The main object of this invention is to provide in a brassiere or likegarment, an improved stay pocket having a neat and finished appearanceand also one which serves as a reinforce for the seams of the garmentand, further, one which can be readily made by means of an attachment onan ordinary sewing machine at the same time that the seams of thegarment are made.

Further objects, and objects relating to details and economies ofconstruction will definitely appear from the detailed description tofollow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in the following specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claim.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure I is a front perspective view of a garment embodying the featuresof my in vention. Fig. II is a detail view in elevation showing one ofthe stay pockets, a portion thereof being broken away. Fig. III is adetail enlarged sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. II, showing theconstruction of the pocket in detail.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts andthe sectional view is taken looking in the direction of the littlearrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawings, the garment illustrated is a body garment ofthe type commonly known as a brassiere. The garment is constructed of anumber of sections of fabric such as 1 and 2, cut to secure the desiredshape. The stays of the garment are disposed at the seams. At such seamsas it is desired to provide with stays I form pockets 3 adapted toreceive suitable stays 7. The edges of the meeting body sect-ions areoverlapped and folded inwardly, as

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July *7, 1914.

Application filed. January 29, 191-4. Serial No. 815,146.

clearly shown in Fig. III,'the section 1 having an infolded edge 4:, andthe section 2 having an infolded edge 5. The sections are overlapped toan extent slightly exceeding the width of the pocket. The pocket strip 6is disposed upon one of the sections, the inner section 2 in thestructure illustrated, with one of its edges folded inwardly over thefolded edge of the section 2 on which it is disposed and with its otheredge opposite the folded edge of the other section 1. The parts thusdisposed are secured together by rows of stitches 9 and 10 passingthrough the folded and overlapped edges of said body sections and pocketstrip. The pocket strip is preferably, in practice, in the form of atape having selvage edges, and not only provides pockets for the staysbut also provides a finish for the seams and a reinforcement therefor.This permits the body fabric being made of light, sheer or delicatematerial and, at the same time suitable pockets are provided whicheffectively retain and receive the strain of the stays without unduestrain on the body fabric at any particular point. The pockets may beleft open at the upper end or stitched across temporarily, as desired,it being intended that the stays may be readily removable so that theycan be taken out when it is desired to launder the garment, and quicklyand easily replaced. The fabric is doubled to provide one wall of thepocket and the pocket strip may be of firm, strong material, so thatboth walls of the pocket are strong and the stay is not likely to punchholes therein and they are not likely to give way under strain. Asstated, by this means I provide a garment with stay pockets which isneat and finished in appearance, and one in which the garment isreinforced and supported in a highly satisfactory manner and, at thesame time, the seams of the garment can be formed on a sewing machine sothat the structure also possesses the advantage of being economical toproduce so far as the item of labor is concerned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

In a garment of the class described comprising body sections, a staypocket at the seam of two body sections, the meeting edges of thesections being folded inwardly and overlapped, and a pocket stripdisposed upon one of the sections With .one of its :In Witness whereof,*I hztve -hereunto, set edges folded inwardly over the folded edgemy-h-and and seal in the presence of two lo 01511116 Section Ql-whichmit is disposed fin -:5 witnesses.

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